Thread: Associating the pro-life movement with partisan politics (especially a party that continues to do nothing but gaslight pro-life voters and change nothing) has completely destroyed its credibility. I know, very original take.

I am as opposed to abortion as any other Catholic. I cannot vote in such a way as to support abortion. I also cannot pretend that any national party at the moment is doing anything meaningful to reduce demand and create alternatives to a morally illegitimate choice.

In college, I would go pray at the abortion clinic sometimes. The evil you encountered there meant communion before and confession after was necessary. We would quietly pray the rosary, not interfere unless we were trained counselors, maybe talk to people who approached us.

Aside from the most obvious evil, partisan politics were strong. I can’t get the image out of my head of these white MAGA hat boomers screaming at a terrified teenage black girl accompanied by her grandparents. I don’t know what became of her child.

Even then, when my views were much more conventional conservatism, I was mortified. How could you scandalize people like that, wearing the emblem of a political movement when lives hang in the balance? This isn’t a culture war, this is people killing babies and hurting women.

Needless to say I’m sick to death of seeing “pro-life” people and organizations glorify what happened yesterday. You have destroyed the pro-life movement.

“I survived Roe v Wade, Roe v Wade will not survive me."

Like hell it won’t. Your idolatry guaranteed it.